The chief executive who oversaw the Letby scandal was stopped from running another trust by former staff who were “outraged and distressed” that he had applied, it has been claimed.
Tony Chambers worked in a series of interim roles in other NHS trusts after he left the Countess of Chester Hospital under the cloud of the police investigation.
He was in line to become the permanent chief executive at a trust but was blocked after his record handling the Lucy Letby case was revealed, a senior NHS source has claimed.• We can’t believe gentle Lucy is a killer, say friends
NHS England brought forward a change in its guidelines on the appointment of managers, implementing them a week before the verdict of the Letby
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